Aenesidemus (Aenesidemos or Enesidemus), the son of Pataecus of

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, was made tyrant of Leontini in 498 BC by

Hippocrates of Gela Hippocrates (; died 491 BC) was the second tyrant of Gela, Magna Graecia, and ruled from 498 BC to 491 BC. He was the brother of Cleander and succeeded him to the throne after his death in 498. With him, Gela began its expansion phase; Hippocrat ...

after aiding the latter in his effort to conquer southeastern Sicily. Aenesidemus likely continued to hold Leontini at least until the death of Hippocrates in 491 BC. The inclusion of Aenesidemus as a character in the ancient Greek

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''The Wonders Beyond Thule'' by Antonius Diogenes provides the general fictive or dramatic date for these events.

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